As Jane's Addiction head to court, here are seven more epic rock legal battles
Oasis
What happened: The sibling rivalry between Oasis brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher is well established. Their brawls not only led to the band's dissolution in 2009, before their 2025 reunion, but also a legal upset. In 2011, Liam sued Noel for saying Liam's hangover caused the cancellation of a 2009 festival performance. He said in a statement that the lawsuit was not about money, but that he wanted an apology and for Oasis fans 'to know the truth' – that laryngitis prevented him from performing.
How it was resolved: The lawsuit was dropped.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
What happened: The post-breakup decades of Creedence Clearwater Revival were marked by so much legal and personal infighting that you might think CCR stands for Conflict, Clash, Repeat. In 1996, singer-songwriter-guitarist John Fogerty sued ex-bandmates Doug Clifford and Stu Cook for performing under the name Creedence Clearwater Revisited. That case settled in 2001, but the bandmates sued Fogerty in 2014, alleging he was violating the settlement by continuing to publicly slag off the Revisited name. And they said Fogerty himself was now illegally using Creedence Clearwater Revival in concert advertising. Fogerty sued back in 2015, saying Cook and Clifford weren't paying him proper songwriting royalties for their performances.
How it was resolved: A federal court merged the two cases, and the resulting hybrid was settled under confidential terms in 2017.
Fleetwood Mac
What happened: Fleetwood Mac and feuds are practically synonymous. Breakups and divorces between members are essential to some of their best songs. The conflict resumed in the 2010s when the band kicked lead guitarist Lindsey Buckingham off their 2018 tour, and he sued. Buckingham claimed he was told five days after the group appeared at Radio City Music Hall that in January the band would tour without him. He says he would have been paid at least $12 million for his share of the proceeds.
How it was resolved: Later that year, Buckingham said they had settled the lawsuit.
Journey
What happened: At some point, two key members of Journey stopped believin' in each other. And all over an Amex. Longtime guitarist Neal Schon sued longtime keyboardist Jonathan Cain in 2022, saying Cain was refusing to let him use the band's American Express card. A counterclaim came from Cain, alleging that Schon was running up enormous personal charges on the band's account.
How it was resolved: A judge appointed a custodian over the band's financial decisions in 2024, specifically empowered to settle disagreements between Schon and Cain.
Hall & Oates
What happened: In 2023, Daryl Hall sued his longtime music partner John Oates, arguing that Oates' plan to sell off his share of a joint venture would violate the terms of a business agreement the Hall & Oates duo had forged long before. The move quickly prompted a judge to temporarily block the sale.
How it was resolved: The lawsuit and arbitration are ongoing.
The Beatles
What happened: Their artistic partnership had been over for months, but the Beatles had to break out the barristers to break up their business. Paul McCartney went to London's High Court of Justice in 1970 to dissolve the Fab Four's 1967 contractual partnership, which included the Apple record label. McCartney wanted, above all, to get rid of manager Allen Klein, who John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr wanted to keep to oversee their business affairs. 'The only way for me to save The Beatles and Apple,' McCartney told British GQ in 2020, 'was to sue the band.'
How it was resolved: The court ruled in McCartney's favour and appointed a receiver to oversee their ventures in 1971. But negotiations and wrangling continued until a long-term solution – that would become known as 'The Beatles Agreement' – was signed by all four members in 1974.
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